Jong Chun Park wrote: > > sudo mkdir /home/pgsql > > sudo mkdir /home/pgsql/data > > sudo chown postgres /home/pgsql/data > > sudo mkdir /home/pgsql/ts > > sudo chown postgres /home/pgsql/ts > > sudo su - postgres > > initdb -D /home/pgsql/data > > pg_ctl -D /home/pgsql/data -l logfile start Can you issue as a superuser in psql: SHOW data_directory; and check that the result is what you expect? Also, are you using the ubuntu postgresql-8.3 package or a self-compiled version? Best regards, -- Daniel PostgreSQL-powered mail user agent and storage: http://www.manitou-mail.org -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general